fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
money (esp. dirty money); loot; hardtack; dough
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
property; fortune; means; assets
national debt; national securities; government bonds; government securities
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
changing into cash; encashment; cashing
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
plural; multiple; several
bogus company; dummy corporation; shell company
going through; going via; going by way of
form; shape; figure; visage
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
being one or more laps behind (in a race); being behind the times
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
second month of the lunar calendar
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
business world; business circles; (the) industry
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
lately; recently; nowadays
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to do for (the sake of someone else)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about